Funnel



June 17, 1924.y

v. QCONNELI.

FUNNEL Filed Aug. 23

ATTORNEY Patented .lune 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES y Vincnn'r ocoivNELL, or 'NEW Yemen. Y.'

UNNEL.

Application led August 23, 1922. .Serial No. 583,684.

T0 all whom t'zfimag/ colateral'.l Be 1t known that I, VINCENT OCONNELL,a

citizen of the United States, residing at Newl York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Funnels, of which the following isa specification.

f This invention relates to improvements in that class of apparatus usedin` filling containersas bottles, jugs andlike objects, havingrelatively small openings, from a` supply source, such devicesbeingknown as funnels.

The principal object of this invention is-to provide a funnel with meansfor Vclosing the passage, leading from the upper body or receivingportion to thek hollow dispensing stem, until the apparatus ispositioned in operative position. y

An equally important purpose is in the provision of means for closingthe same passage automatically when the receiving vessel has been filledthereby avoiding overflow and consequent waste.

These objects are attained by vthe novel construction and arrangement ofparts here-v after described and shown in the accompanying drawing,forming part of this disclosure, and in which l Figure 1 is a top planview of a funnelV made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a partial side elevational, partial sectional view of thesame.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of thesame, `the valve being shown in an open position.

Figure 4 is a similar view of the same but showing the main valve ina'closed position.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of the sleeve and valve seatsin detail.,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 4.

The invention, as shown in the drawing,

includes a body portion 10, cup shaped or' conical as preferred, havinga beaded rim 11 .and provided with a stout handle 12, the body beingsupplied with liquid from any convenient source and in any manner, as

from a tube, dipper or other container direct.

A sleeve 14C extends down from the bottom of the body 10, the lower,inner portion vof which is recessed to receive a removable strainer 15,consistin of a perforate disc, and the upper part o the sleeve bushing16 is bevelled to produce aconicalseat 17. lA

similar seat17 being formed in the bottom ofthebushing. f .f

, Loosely fitting the bore of -thevsleeve bush-l ing 16 is a cylindricalplug 18 having a conical head 19 adapted to fit theseat 17y and c0-operating with 'it to constitute a-gravity operating valve.

Immediately belowv the headltl, a,pluralityv of holes 120 are drilledtransverselyqin the plug 18, these `holes communicating'withthe upper.end' ofi an axial' opening -21 leading from its bottom, which isslightly reduced and provided with a screw-thread 22.

A tube 23, constituting the spout or dispensing stem, having itsexterior `diameter agreeing with that of theplug 18, is screwthreadedinteriorly at its upper end to receive the threaded portion 22, bothplug and tube being slidable in the bushing 16. f

Fixed on the tube 23, near its upper end, is a bevelled collar 24limiting the upward `movement of the tube by contact with the kvalveseat 17 of the sleeve forming a liquid tight joint when in contactefectually preventing leakage of the funnel when resting on a bottle andsecured to the lower side of the collar is a disc 25, containing aplurality of perforations 26 and having radial undulations, 27 formed inits surface.

Due to theweight of the plug, tubefand plate, the head `19 will be heldby gravity against the valve seat 17 thus preventing flow of liquid fromthe funnel body.

v,Upon enteringy the tube into al container having a relatively smallmouth, as a bottle, until the outstanding disc 25 rests upon the mouth,the tube will be rraised within the sleeve and the head or valve 19 fromits seat 17, permitting the liquidy to flow past,

enter the plugholes 20 and by them be c0n' is held in a raised positionand the bodyy of the funnel kept supplied. .n

Conversely, upon raising the funnel so as to permit the tube to slidedown inthe sleeve, the valve head reseats itself and closes the flow ofliquid, thus fulfilling one objectr of the invention.

The second object is attained in the fola lowing manner. A pin 28 ispassed through 'the tube 23 near its lower end, or other equivalent stopprovided, limiting the down ward movement of a thin, very light-Hoettube 29, of considerable less diameter than the interior of the tube 23,and provided with longitudinal guide ribs 30hy which it is maintainedsubstantially Central.

The float tube 29 is open at its lower end and formed with a closed cone31 at its upper end, the same being adapted to make contact with acorresponding coned valve seat :s2-formed in the lovvei'` end of theplug 'o 18 at the entrano@ to the opening 21tl`ie arrangement being suchthat when the float mbe rests against the stop 28, the passage forliquid will be open, but when the float tube is raised, the passage willbe closed.

In opeatioii, as' the float tube 29 is air and water tight, air enteringthe lower, open end will be compressed as the liquid rises in theoontaiiiei to a point above the' stop, causing the tube 'to rise andeventually shut of the new ,eutofiatioany just prior to the liquidreaching the level of the container mouth, whereupon the funnel may beraised, bringing the other valve into operation, with substantially nospilling, overflow or loss.

Having thus described my invention and set forth the manner of itsconstruction, ap-

plication, purposes and use, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

A valve seat comprising a fixed annulus having a bore and conical seatsconverging toward the bore on each side of the annulus, a valve plugslid'able in the mentioned bore and having an axial recess with portsnormally closed by the wall of the bore, a conical head on said plugsuited to engage in one of the Valve seats, and a ring fixed on saidplug having a conical portion adapted to seat in the other valve seatwhen the plug is moved in the annulus to present the portstlier'eboyond. Y

In witness whereof I have aiiiXed my signature. Y

VINCENT OCONNELL.

